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"Bolson"
Keywords:
basin
,
alluvium
,
outlet
,
playa
,
mountains
Related Terms:
Arroyo
,
Levee
,
Natural levee
,
Swale
,
Headward erosion
,
Bottomland
,
Dike
,
Wash
,
Disappearing stream
,
Gully
,
Rill
,
Basin
,
Channel
,
Gulch
,
Plunge pool
,
Coulee
,
Check dam
,
Gully erosion
,
Slough
,
Flood plain
,
Flume
,
Floodplain
,
Floodplains
,
Terrace
,
Scour
,
Watercourse
,
Superposed stream
,
Ravine
,
Playa
,
Riffle
,
Stilling basin
,
Inundation
,
Waterway
,
Chute
,
Riffles
,
Anabranch
,
Headwaters
,
Drainage basin
,
Tributary
,
Rill erosion
,
Oxbow lake
,
River
,
Rain garden
,
Wash
,
Flood
,
Grassed waterway
,
Graded stream
,
Riverine
,
Tributaries
,
Ephemeral stream
In arid regions, a basin filled with alluvium and intermittent playa lakes and having no outlet.
amateurgeologist.com
(Spanish for purse) refers to the basin area in basin and range.
geo.utep.edu
An alluvium-floored basin, depression, or wide valley, mostly surrounded by mountains and drained by a system that has no surface outlet. Bolson fill is the alluvial detritus that fills a bolson--also commonly called bolson deposits.
ose.state.nm.us
A topographically enclosed depression or basin that has no stream outlet
niu.edu
Is a closed desert basin with no drainage outlet, surrounded by mountains.
physicalgeography.net
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